What’s next for Princess Kate after comeback

Princess Kate has yet to return to work full time but suggested she may join “a few public engagements” over the summer and there are plenty of moments she could consider.

In the short term, there is Wimbledon and a state visit by the emperor and empress of Japan, while further ahead, Prince William is planning to take his Earthshot Prize to Cape Town in November.

And at the end of the year, Kate will have to decide whether she can host her annual carol service, Together at Christmas, at Westminster Abbey.

However, royal biographer Ingrid Seward, author of My Mother and I, believes a top priority for the rest of 2024 will be her work on early years care, through her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

“Of course, it really depends how she feels but I think she’s really going to concentrate on her work around children and her children’s charity,” Seward told Newsweek.

“Because if you’re feeling tired and unwell if she just concentrates on one thing it will be easier for her. Do one thing well rather than take on a lot of stuff.

“She just probably won’t have the energy to absorb everything.”

Seward said attending the men’s or women’s singles final at Wimbledon would be a possibility for Kate but also had its drawbacks.

“I think that’s too soon and she’ll be so exposed in the royal box,” she said. “I mean, she’s mad about tennis but I would think she might be a bit too exposed there.

“I think there’s a chance she’ll go to Wimbledon but if she does it won’t be more than once. The singles final will be the moment to go.”

Coming in June, there is a state visit by the emperor and empress of Japan but Seward felt it was unlikely Kate would make an appearance, leaving hosting duties to Prince William, King Charles III, Queen Camilla and the other royals.

Further ahead, in November, Prince William will take his Earthshot Prize Awards, which help fund innovative solutions to climate change, to Cape Town, South Africa.

“It’s not a difficult journey there and the weather will be lovely,” Seward said. “If she goes she should take a bit of a holiday. Maybe she will go. The time difference is just an hour.”

And in December, Kate’s Together at Christmas carol service has been hugely successful in past years and has the full support of King Charles III.

“I would think she may well be much better by then, so I would think she might do it,” Seward said of the Westminster Abbey service.

Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek‘s The Royals Facebook page.

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